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UNITED f STATES PAT-ENT i OFFICE.

GEORGE EPAGK AND Amos PIIIILIPPI, orY PIIILADELPIIIA, PENNSYLVANIA; sAID PHILLIPPI AssIGNoE rro sAID PACK.

luoNV SEEGIEICATION forming para of Letters Patent No. 634,065, dated oetober' s, i899.

Application filed January 26, 1899q Serial No. 703,521. (No model.)

To all whom, it nea/y concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE E. PACK and AiIos PHILLIPPI, citizens of the United States, residing atI Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and tate of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Iron Beds; `and We do hereby de` clare the following to be afull, clear, and eX- act description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to vwhich it appertains to make and use the saine.

This invention relates to beds, and particularly to what are known to the trade as iron or metal beds.

The main objects -in view are to produce a cheap, simple, and eective coupling or fas-4 tener for connecting the bed-posts and bedframe or side rails, the' same being so constructed as to result in a rigid-connection between the two, vand thus prevent all shaking or movement of these parts; also, to adapt the bed to be readily taken down and set up and to provide for an adjustment of the bedframe or side rails, thereby overcoming the springing or sagging of the same by the tem sion of the Woven-wire bottom.

Other objects andadvantages of the inventionwill appear inthe following description, and the novel features thereof will be .particularly pointed .out in the claims.v

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of one corner of a bed embodying our invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view taken from the opposite side. Fig. 3 is a detail in perspective of a portion of one of the posts and bracket. Fig. 4. is a detail of theconnecting-plate. Fig. 5 is a view,simil lar to Fig. 3, showing a modified form of ebracket. Fig. 6 is a perspective of a modified form of side rail.' Fig.`7 is a perspective of a further modification, the connectingplate being detached or uncoupled from the bracket.- e Similar numerals of reference indicate similar parts in all the figures of the drawings. l As four-corners off the bed are alike, a description-of one will suffice for all. l

The post'l has chilled or otherwise secured thereon the bracket 2, the same being curved 5o about the post and having its two terminals '3 horizontally extended to form an intermediate vertical space, said terminals having their upper edges provided with inwardlydisposed corresponding segmentally-curved 0r, it may be, inclined slots et. Between these terminals 3 of the bracket is adapted to be interposed the connecting-plate 5, the `saune preferably' being of a somewhat triangular shape or any other shape that may be found convenient and desirable and preferably of a A width or thickness considerably less than the space between the terminals of the bracket. Lugs 6, substantially conforming to the post, may be formed at the upper and lower ends of the plate, near its rear edge, to engage or bear against the vposts l. From. opposite sides or faces of the plate lateral studs 7 may project, and these may be, 'if desired, cast with the plate. The studs 7 are preferably located near the rear edge of the plate and about midway the same and are of such diameter and so relatively located as to adapt them toA enter the upper ends of the slots 4, which may be curved or inclined, as described, and in being forced into the same to drawthe rear edge, of the plate or the lugs 6,

if they be used, snugly up against the post, thereby bracing the same, so that no looseness of the joint can occur. The bed-frame. comprises the usual crosspieces 8, between which the woven-wire bottom 9 is stretched, and the longitudinal side rails l0, preferably formed of angle iron. Each of the latter near its ends has formed in its vertical portion an opening 1l, into which the stud 7 of the connecting-plate 5 passes so thatthe plates become pivotally attached to the side Irai-ls, or, if desired, an

ordinary bolt may be substituted and passed 5 may also be provided near its upperouter corner with a segmental slot 12, the'same being if employed concentric with the stud 7, said slot being for the accommodation of an ordinary wood-screw 13, which passes therethrough and into the end of the adjacent cross-piece 8, thereby holding these parts adjustably together. The plate 5 may also be provided with a second hole 14, substantially in horizontal alinement with the stud 7, the same accommodating an adjusting-bolt 15, which passes therethrough and through a short segmental slot 1G, formed in the vertical portion of the side rail 10, at the inner side of which latter the bolt carries aclamping-nut 17.

It will be clear from the foregoing that the connecting-plates may remain attached to the bed-frame, although for convenience in shipping they may be temporarily removed, and that the bed may be easily and quickly set up or taken down, it being only necessary in these latter operations to insert or remove the connecting-plates between or from the slotted terminals 3 of the brackets 2 and at the same time insert and force the studs 7 a short distance into the slots 4 or disengage the same, as the case may be.

The stnds7are not intended to rest in the bottom of the slots 4, but against the edges thereof, as shown, so that the farther down into the same they may be forced the more rigid the connection becomes. In this manner we overcome the disagreeable and objectionable looseness of this connection so common in iron beds. The width of the spaces between the terminals 3 of the brackets exceeding the thickness of the connecting-plates 5 allows ample room for any inaccuracy as to the width of the head and foot portions, so that the exact relative position of the plates 5 does not have to be gaged to that nicety as heretofore in beds of this class.

Inasmuch as the tension of the woven-wire bottom 9 springs or sags the side rails l0, due allowance must be made therefor in the first instance; but afterward the wire bottom will loose its tension, whereupon the side rails will straighten into normal position. This straightening of the side rails will cause the head and foot portions to be thrown out of the perpendicular. It will be seen that we provide for this almost inevitable contingency by connecting the connecting-plates 5 tothe bed-frame in an adjustable manner, so that should one or more corners of the bed-frame become distorted-elevated or depressed more than its companions*the plate or plates 5 are adjusted accordingly, whereby their outer `edges are disposed vertically, and the head and foot portions of the bed are always maintained vertical, thus adding greatly to the appearance and stability of the bed as a whole. To accomplish this adjustment, which is nothing more than a 'moving of the connectingplates 5 upon their pivoting-studs 7, the nut of the clamping-bolt l5 of such plates is loosened, the adjustment accomplished, `and the nut retightened.

If desired, the bracket 2, as shown in Fig. 5, may have merely one slot 4c, and likewise the connectingplate may have but one stud 7, the latter being at its inner side or face. In this latter construction the lugs G are essential, while in the former construction they are not so considered, and hence may be, if preferred, omitted.

It will be obvious that the invention may be applied to that form of iron bed wherein the side rails, of angleiron, are reversed-that is, appear as L-shaped. In such instance, as we have illustrated in Fig. 6, the longitndi- 8o nal side rails may, near each end, be flattened so as to produce vertical webs 2O and the stud 7 of the con nectin g-plate passed therethrough. The bed thus constructed may receive and support ordinary wooden slats or, if preferred, an independent removable woven-wire bed bottom, all as willbe readily understood.

In Fig. 7 we show t-he direct reversal of the pin-and-slot connection shown in Figs. l to lit-that is to say, the pin or stud 7 is carried by the terminals 3 of the bracket 2, while the curved or inclined slots 4 are formed in the outer vertical edge of the connecting-plate 5. The side rail 10, moreover, pivots on a bolt 21, owing to the transfer of the stud 7 to the bracket 2.

Having described our invention, what weclaim is- 1. The combination of the bed-posts provided with outwardly-projecting brackets, of a pair of siderails, adjustable plates on the ends of the side rails and pin-and-slot connections between the said plates and the said brackets, theslots being curved or inclined substantially as and for the purpose stated.

2. The combination, in an iron or metal bed, of the bed-posts, a pair of terminals extending parallel from each of the same and provided in their upper edges with slots disposed toward said posts, 'of opposite longitudinal side rails adapted to take between the terminals, adjustable plates on each of the side rails and studs extending from opposite sides of said plates and adapted to engage the slots, these parts being so relatively located as to canse the ends of the side rails and plates to be drawn towardthe posts when the studs are forced into the slots.

3. The combination, in an iron or metalbed, of the posts, a bracket-terminal extending from each of the same and having a slot, of longitudinal side rails, a connecting-plate at each end of each of the same, said plates being adj ustably connected to the side rails and each having a laterally-disposed stud forengaging the slot'of the adjacent bracket.

4. The combination, in an iron or metalbed, of the posts, a bracket extending from each of the same and provided with an inwardly-disposed slot, of opposite longitudinal side rails, a connecting-plate pivotally connected to each end of each ot'V the side rails, means for securing the plates at any point of their adjustment, and studs extending from opposite sides IOO IIO

. 634,065 Y v e of the plat'e and adaptedto engage the slots of the bracket and so relatively arrangedwith the latter and the edge of the plate as to draw said edge against the post when forced into the slots. Y

I 5. The combination, in an iron or metal bed, of the posts, a bracket extending from each of the saine and provided in its upper side with an inwardly-disposed slot, of the side rails, the connecting-plates having studs extending inwardly therefrom through the side rails, by which they are pivotally connect-ed, and inwardly into the slots, concaved bearing-studs located at the outer edge of the plates, and

means for securing the siderails andl plates in -their pivotal adjustment.

v6. In an iron or metal bed, the combinationwith the corner-posts, each provided with an inwardly-disposed bracket, of the side rails, plates pivotally connected to the side rails and provided with means for engaging the brackets, and means for securing the plates and side rails in their pivotal adjustment.

7. In an iron or metal bed, the combination with the corner-posts and brackets extending therefrom, of side rails having their vertical portions provided with an opening and in ad- Vance of the saine with a slot, connectingplates at each end of each side rail, a stud extending inwardly from each connecting-plate through the opening in the side rail and engaging the "bracket adjacent thereto, and an adj usting-bolt passed through the said plate and through the slot of the side rail.

8. In an iron or metal bed,'the combination with the bed-posts and the parallel bracketsA extending from each of the same and provided with slots inwardly curved toward the posts, A

l of side rails formed of angle-iron and provided near each end with a hole and beyond the same with a slot, connecting-plates located at and screws passed through the upper holes of the connecting-plates and into the ends of said side rails. l

In testimony whereof we afx our signatures inthe presence of two Witnesses.

' GEORGE E. PACK.

AMOS PI-IILLIPPI.

Witnesses:

THOMAS PAUL, WM. S. HUMPHREY. 

